Vaughan Design & Development

Some Saturday design inspiration to kick the weekend off on the right trajectory!

1/A joyful view into a kitchen
2/An elegant bathroom with a beaut murano glass pendant
3/A corner of goodies in
4/A soft, buttery kitchen with gorgeous cut outs
5/Petworth House with all the details and antiques
6/Loving the window hung mirror and matching cafe curtain and wallpaper
7/Delicious Portuguese pottery from

A walk-in pantry is a real luxury in a home, there is something so satisfying about having a set place to organise your jars and confectionaries 🍬

Photographer - Chris Snook

Two angles of the primary bathroom at Harpenden which we shot with Chris Snook nearly a year ago, the time has really flown past!

We dialed down on soft pinks and greens, curved features and accessorised it with Swedish wall lights, a rattan flush pendant, a blind with Ottoline fabric and wall hung plates.

The kitchen at our project in Farnham is part of a spacious, open plan living and dining room. A pantry and utility sit to the side of this space and the doors to the right of the kitchen and living space lead out onto a lovely patio. It really is the perfect place to host friends and family all year round.

Photographer - Chris Snook

This bar seating was designed to look out across the stunning countryside surroundings at our project in Henley. It’s the ideal place to read a book, watch the world go by and to sip on a favorite aperitif!

Photographer - Chris Snook

The fabric from Christopher Farr, striped blinds from Tori Murphy, brass light from Matilda Goad are some of my favourite parts of the design at our project in Farnham, completed in the summer of 2023.

Photographer - Chris Snook

If you zoom in a little, you’ll notice a bit of shell thread going on in this snug...

Have a gorgeous Sunday everyone!

Photographer - Chris Snook

We’re, very excitingly, heading into a big phase of concepts in the studio.

Here is something we put together last week 🫶

This Thursday evening is calling for a bit of design inspiration...

I thought I would share some spaces that have focused on and have been transformed by beautiful tiling.

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The perfect bedroom to wake up in on a Saturday morning. Has definitely got me thinking about murals for our projects 👀

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Creating unique and functional joinery is one of the best parts of our jobs as Interior Designers. Alex, our Senior Designer creates these beautiful drawings which allow our clients to gauge the exact look.

We really can’t wait to see these bits of work in real life in the coming months!

Snippets of our project in Liss. Have loved seeing this family home come together, the vintage flush pendant in the bathroom is a personal favourite!

We love this buttery dining room at our Cobham project, a colour that is great all year round!

Photographer - Chris Snook

Homes that feel too curated or styled can often feel unwelcoming and cold.

To overcome that, I really believe in creating interiors that lend themselves to a mixture of accessories, pattern and colour. It means you can pick up trinkets along the way and not worry about whether they will ‘fit in’ or not!

Photographer - Chris Snook

My fireplace at home, I love to collect a mismatch of art works and curiosities to style it.

Fingers crossed we won’t be having to light it this summer!

Photographer - Chris Snook

A few gorgeous bedrooms we have been lusting over recently:

1/This green nook created by Thea Speke
2/Matching walls and curtains - Uns Hobbs Interiors
3/Another lovely nook by Pandora Taylor
4/A perfectly styled children’s bedroom by Kate Guinness Design
5/A bedroom with a great mix of accessories & stripes Violet Dent

An entrance made extra joyful thanks to this console from the wonderful Folie Chambre

Photographer - Chris Snook

My eldest son’s bedroom that definitely won’t be looking this neat and tidy over the long weekend!

I hope you’re all having a lovely one 💛

Photographer - Chris Snook

What we’ve been up to…

1/Loving these spring blooms
2/Trawling through our favourite interior books
3/Sorting through our endless samples
4/Admiring gorgeous hardware from Devol
5/Giving our best girl, Mabel all the attention
6/Peeking at window dressings and skirts about to go up in one of our projects 😍

Two corners of the bootroom at our Harpenden project. This space was polished off with a sweet, embroidered cafe curtain from East London Cloth and a buttery yellow bench seat from Franklins Interiors.

Photographer - Chris Snook

A bit of weekend design inspiration from Sara Charlesworth at

The neutral scheme with pops of muted colour gives plenty of flexibility for the homeowners to chop and change the style of their home. From the plates on the wall, to the sconces, lighting and furniture, we think that Sara has done such a good job with adding in those ever-important details.

A throwback to the bathroom in our Midhurst project with half height T&G, chrome sanitaryware, leafy wallpaper, a statement ochre bath and a beautiful glass pendant.

Photographer - Chris Snook

As this laundry room doesn’t have any windows, we wanted to keep it light and bright. The chequerboard sky blue vinyl flooring gives this washroom a joyful burst which is helpful when knee deep in washing!

Photographer - Chris Snook

With a mix of garish toys already creating an explosion of colour in most playrooms, you can really go for it with colour and pattern.

If you’re worried that your children (and you!) may get bored of a playful scheme, like our project in Harpenden, stick to a neutral colour on the walls and ceiling. Then, add in playful touches through introducing a ceiling border, a fun pendant and soft furnishings. It then shouldn’t be too painful to switch this up in the future!

Photographer - Chris Snook

To set the foundations of the vibrant design concept in The Den, we went for natural materials.

The terracotta tiles, linen skirt, vintage wooden shelf and brass hardware ground the colour a little, making every design choice stand out and work together.

Photographer - Chris Snook

Happy Bank Holiday weekend everyone!

Just in case we’re in for a rainy one (show’s how much I trust my weather forecast!), here’s a sunny snap of the utility in our Harpenden project finished off with a Tulip skirt by the lovely Molly Mahon.

Photographer - Chris Snook

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Leaving parts of your upholstered furniture unfinished exposing the raw wood frame makes it feel 10x more interesting. We found this beauty from Cart House and had it upholstered in a thick dusky blue corduroy for our clients in Farnham.

Photographer - Chris Snook

Add in a good series and a cuppa and this is the perfect Sunday set up 🌷

Photographer - Chris Snook

We can’t wait to get back into the concepts stage shortly in the studio as currently we’re knee deep in the nitty gritty of building sites!

Here is a mood board we put together a few months back that is going to be installed in the coming months into a gorgeous kitchen design.